 The Holy Girl
Starring: Maria Alche, Mercedes Moran, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Zylberberg
Directed by: Lucrecia Martel
Screenplay by: Lucrecia Martel
Release Date: April 29th, 2005
MPAA Rating: R for some sexual content and brief nudity.
Studio: Fine Line Features
 Domestic: $304,124 (24.1%)
Foreign: $957,668 (75.9%)
Total: $1,261,792 (Worldwide)
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 "The Holy Girl," Martel intimately explores the burgeoning sexuality and religious fervor of two teenage girls, Amalia (Alche) and her best friend, Josefina (Zylberberg). Artfully piecing together a mosaic of nuanced details, fragments of sounds, and small moments, Martel creates a potent and specific portrait of adolescent life.
In the town of La Ciénaga, Amalia lives with her attractive, divorced mother, Helena (Morán), and her uncle, Freddy (Urdapilleta), in the crumbling, run-down Hotel Termas, which her family owns and runs. After choir rehearsals the girls gather in the parish church for further instruction in faith and vocation. What does God want from me? How do I discern between the temptation of the Devil and the calling of God? In between the teachings, the girls gossip and whisper secretively.
The lives of the girls and their families intersect with those of a group of visiting orhinolaryngologists (ear, nose and throat specialists) staying at the hotel for a medical convention, including the married, middle-aged Dr. Jano (Belloso).
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